Company ProfileHirata Corporation

I. Company Profile

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Company Profile

Hirata CorporationCompany Name

December 29, 1951Established

111 Hitotsugi, Ueki, Kita, Kumamoto, 861-0198 JapanHeadquarters

Yuichiro Hirata, PresidentRepresentative

JPY2,633mmCapital

Tokyo Stock Exchange, 1st section (Code:6258)Listed Exchange

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Management Philosophy

１Makes the best useof its members.

２Challenges technicalinnovation.

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５ Contributes to the society.

Respects humanity.

Opens the door tothe creative life.

We believe we could be perfect only if every member of Hiratacan grow as a person and enhance his/her capabilities tocomplement each other’s weakness.

Our world changes very fast. We must be innovative to becreative and to meet every upgrading needs. To remain thesame means regression.

We design our products to free people from jobs which can bedone by machines. Human being should do what only he/shecan do.

We want our company to be a place where we can improveourselves and live creative lives.

６Makes our customerssuccessful.

We are allowed to succeed or expand only because our societyaccepts us. The contribution to the society should be our standard.

We should be entitled to make profit only when we make ourcustomers successful. Our profit is the result of the performanceof our job, otherwise we can never get any further businessfrom them.

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Network in Japan

Product: Major RolesSemiconductor, Robot: sales, design, development, manufacturing, processing, product

control, planning, accounting, administrationAutomotive, semiconductor/OLED, Bio：sales, design, manufacturing, product controlSemiconductor： sales, design, manufacturing, product controlAutomotive, semiconductor： manufacturingHome appliance, Tires： sales, design, manufacturing, product controlHome appliance： sales, design, manufacturing, product controlSales

LOCATIONHQ/Kumamoto Plant

Kumamoto-East PlantKusuno PlantShichijo PlantKanto PlantKansai PlantTokyo Office

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Subsidiaries in Japan

Taihei Technos

Hirata Field Engineering

Trinity

Sales of electronic components, designing and manufacturing of production equipment, solar panel construction

Maintenance service for production equipment, sales of spare parts

Loyalty program for corporations and stores

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Global Network

Sales, service, and manufacturing in many locales7

II. Hirata’s Strengths

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Three Core Business Units

AutomotiveHome

Appliances and Others

Semi-conductor

General MotorsFordChryslerTOYOTANISSANHondaDensoetc.

Canon TokkiTokyo ElectronDai Nippon PrintingTOPPANDISCOADVANTESTULVACEBARAetc.

DysonCanonSharpToshibaPanasonicHitachiBridgestoneDaiwa House Industryetc.

Primary customers Primary customers Primary customers

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Hirata’s Production Engineering Systems

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Hirata is the “Factory of Factories” Products made from Hirata’s systems

Installed to client’s

automobile factory

Installed to client’s home

appliance factory

Engine assembly

line

Semi-conductor assembly

line

Home appliance assembly

line

Manufactures wide variety of production

equipment

At Hirata, we make “production equipment” for various products.

Note: above images are examples and do not represent actual equipment/product.

Automobile engine

Home appliances

Semiconductor related products

Installed to client’s semi-

conductor factory

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Hirata’s Production Engineering Systems Installation Image

An example of Hirata’s production engineering systems installed at a customer’s factory

Air conveying system

Automated warehouse

SCARA-typed robot

Conveyer

Production control system

Turn table

Cartesian coordinate robot

Controller unitControl program

Automatic machine

Integrated Services

As system integrators, we dedicate ourselves in fully understanding each client’s operations, providing optimized solutions for our client’s individual business requirements, from all aspects including product design to installment, maintenance and after sale services.

Our in-house capabilities ensure smooth and comprehensive communication throughout our engineering/manufacturing process, delivering reliable high-quality equipment on a timely basis.

We work closely with our customers to meet each client’s specific

production needs and demands.

Production Engineering

We provide timely services from production plants and service

centers around the globe including the US, Europe and Asia.

Support

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We build/manufacture in-house, including product components and

parts, making possible cost efficient and timely delivery.

Manufacturing

Productdesign

Partsfabrication

Assemblyinspection and test

Installation, run-off and

start-up support

Maintenanceservice support

Product development& solutions

⚫Engine, transmission production systems⚫EV related production systems⚫Automotive component production systems⚫Reflow oven and mounters for hybrid drives

1) Automotive-related Production Systems

Automotive

Engine production line

Transmission production line

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⚫Wafer transfer robots and systems⚫Load port(FOUP opener), EFEM⚫Glass cutting, coating, lamination⚫Organic EL vacuum deposition equipment

2) Semiconductor-related Production Systems

EFEMWafer transfer robots FOUP opener

Coater, laminator Glass substrate transfer robot

Semi-conductor

Organic EL deposition

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Chip handlerResin molding system

Mobile device assembly Tire stocking system

⚫Vacuum cleaner, TV, refrigerator⚫Tire-related production, stocking/sorting systems⚫Small components, mobile devices

Home Appliances and Others

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3) Home Appliances and Others Production Systems

⚫Medical / chemical and physics devices⚫Unit products

4) Others and New Business Fields Production Systems

Eco Electric stopperFully automated continuous slicer

Tissue-Tek Smart SectionCell observation device

Others,New

Businesses

Business tie-up sales of Electric stopper units through Misumi’s sales channel

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